The WJBC is a high-quality, peer-reviewed, open-access journal. In order to promote productive academic communication, the peer review process for the WJBC is transparent; to this end, all published manuscripts are accompanied by the anonymized reviewers’ comments as well as the authors’ responses. The purpose of WJBC is to invite highly influential authors in the field of biochemistry and molecular biology to contribute high-quality editorials, reviews and original articles and publish them free of charge. Readers are given free access to all published articles. WJBC aims to provide an academic exchange platform following the academic rules and norms and to promote productive academic communication in the field of biochemistry and molecular biology.